PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a Fortran- or C-callable,
       device-independent graphics package for making simple scientific
       graphs. It is intended for making graphical images of publication
       quality with minimum effort on the part of the user. For most
       applications, the program can be device-independent, and the output
       can be directed to the appropriate device at run time.

The PGPLOT library consists of two major parts: a device-independent part
and a set of device-dependent ``device handler'' subroutines for output on
various terminals, image displays, dot-matrix printers, laser printers,
and pen plotters. Common file formats supported include PostScript and GIF.

PGPLOT itself is written mostly in standard Fortran-77, with a few
non-standard, system-dependent subroutines. PGPLOT subroutines can be called
directly from a Fortran-77 or Fortran-90 program. A C binding library
(cpgplot) and header file (cpgplot.h) are provided that allow PGPLOT to be
called from a C or C++ program; the binding library handles conversion
between C and Fortran argument-passing conventions.

The current version is 5.2.2
 
At IRA PGPLOT is installed on Linux Work-Stations.

The PGPLOT on line User's Manual is available in

       http://www.ira.inaf.it/irasoft/pgplot/pgplot.html


Manuals on paper are in room 307 

To compile program g77 and pgplot
library you can use:

g77 -o main main.f -L/irasoft/local/pgplot
-lpgplot -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 


Contact Person:

        F.Tinarelli    tinarelli@ira.inaf.it